Weather-strip for windows



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D. STONE.

WEATHER STRIP FOR WINDOWS.

No. 412,210. Patented Oct. 1, 1889.

UNITE STATES ATENT rricn.

DRAPER STONE, OF .PITTSFORD, NEW YORK.

WEATHER-STRIP FOR WINDOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,210, dated October 1, 1889.

Application filed June 4, 1888, Serial No. 275,918. (No model.)

To all 1071,0722, it may concern.-

-Be it known that I, DRAPER STONE, of Pittsford,in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Devices for Tightening Window-Sashes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this specification.

My improvement relates to a device attached to the edge of awindow-sash for the purpose of packing and tightening; it in place in its seat to exclude wind and cold.

The invention consists in the special construction and arrangement of the packingstrip and stittener, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-section of a window-sash rail and the seat in which it rests, showing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the rail and its attachments.

A indicates a window-sash rail, and B the jamb or seat in which it rests.

G is a packing-strip of rubber or other flexible material, tacked or otherwise attached to the rail inside of the groove or seat in which it rests, the free edge of the packing standing outward toward theoutside of the window. To accommodate the packing and allow it to fold, the corner of the rail is grooved or out out, forming a depression, as shown at a.

D is a stifteningstrip of metal, tacked or otherwise attached outside the packing strip, its free edge being curved inward to meet the packing, as shown at Z). The metal strip is of less width than the packing, leaving the outer edge of the latter entirely free and unimpeded.

In its natural position the free edge of the packing stands out away from the side of the rail, as shown in Fig. 2; but when inserted in the groove of the jamb the packing is bent to pass in, and the free edge packs closely against the sides of the groove and makes a tight joint. lVind entering the joint from the direction of the arrow in. Fig.

back in the direction of its length by any violent gust of wind, as might be the case if it were unprotected. The stiffeningstrip also serves as a wear-plate inside the jarnb and at the corner of the rail to prevent wear on the packing.

In some large and heavy sashes, also those which fit loosely in their seat, two of the packings and stitfeners are used at the two inner corners, as shown in Fig. 1. In such cases they are located apart, but both point outward toward the outside of the window. Such wind as passes by one will be caught bythe other. Furthermore, they serve as a mutual protection to keep the joint closed at one or the other point if by any irregularity in raising the sash one of the packin gs should be accidentally opened.

This invention is applicable to all kinds of windows, but especially to car-windows, and the packing is effective, and is hidden from sight and does not injure the appearance of the window.

Having described my invention, 1 do not claim, simply and broadly, a packing-strip applied between the sash-rail and jamb.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination, with a windowsash rail having one of its inner corners rounded and provided with a depression, of a packing-strip attached to said rounded corner and resting in said depression, its free edge standing outward against the jainb, and a metallic stiffening-strip of less width also attached to the corner outside the packing, said stiffen ing-st-rip serving the double purpose of a stilt ener and a wear-plate, as shown and described, and for the purposespecified.

2. The combination, with a window=sash rail having its two inner corners rounded and provided with a depression, of two packing-strips attached, respectively, to the two rounded corners and resting in the depres- In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed sions, their free edges standing outward in my name in the presence of two subscribing the same direction against the jamb, and two witnesses.

metallic stiffening-strips also attached to the DRAPER STONE. corners outside the packings, the whole ar- Witnesses:

ranged to operate in the manner and for the R. F. OSGOOD,

purpose specified. P. A. COSTIOH. 

